Chapter 156

"Yes, she is indeed a good child."

Siegfried shook his head as he looked at the Jackal crouching to the side, trembling.

He saw the effort someone had put in.

Therefore, even if the other party could trigger Honkai Energy at the Great Honkai level through emotions, to Siegfried, that was still his daughter Freya Schariac.

"It's a pity that she still doesn't fully accept me."

"There has been progress..."

"That's true. So, which way should we go next?"

"Let's go to London first; the World Serpent is hiding something there."

Kiana smiled and took her father's hand. Siegfried was taken aback for a moment, but quickly smiled back.

The estrangement created by six years has been completely eliminated at this moment.

Kiana turned back to look at the sky as she left, as if she could see her sister watching her go. She and Siegfried walked into the crowd, whispering their farewells...

See you tonight.

Okay, see you tonight.

Freya stretched, preparing to go back and see the old fogies in the Senate playing the victim in front of her.

There's a chat room for consciousness, where even if we're at opposite ends of the earth, our hearts are always together.

However, it's truly unlikely we'll meet again in reality. Perhaps the next time we see each other in real life will be a year later, or two years later, or even three years later.

Epilogue of Volume One

Alright, it's time to wrap up the first volume.

It has to be said that although the plot of Honkai Impact 3rd retconns with the original story, the cute girls make it all the more enjoyable to write.

Just think how domineering the Herrscher of Thunder was when she first appeared, and how queenly aura the Third Herrscher Mei exuded.

What happened next?

Mei repeatedly suffers setbacks, failing to awaken Kiana and having her Conqueror Gem taken away. After finally catching up with Kiana, she is escaped by Kiana. After Kiana saves Sky City, Mei runs to Kiana's side with all her might, only to be Schicksal by the strongest Valkyrie, Slowpoke.

The pufferfish Sirin, keeps inflating its ego and suffering defeats, then increasing its strength, only to be defeated again, then increasing its strength once more, only to be defeated once more, and so on...

Mei has been reduced to a mere food-eating Herrscher, and the image that the Lightning Herrscher built up in the early stages has been completely destroyed. Like the Fourth Herrscher, Wendy, she is simply inferior.

Kiana became K423, and was directly robbed of her protagonist status by Doraemon.

Almost from then on, the goose is a perfect protagonist template, and Kiana suffers all sorts of setbacks (looking up at the sky).

Okay, let's get back to the main topic.

The first volume has covered everything that needed to be written, and the tripartite division of the world has been established, with the Schicksal faction being the most powerful, supported by Anti-Entropy, while the World Serpent is barely clinging to life.

Volume 2 was originally planned to start three years later, but Kiana joined World Serpent, and the process of reclaiming World Serpent was also very interesting. Most importantly, Kiana x Shiola is the World Serpent CP pairing that I had already reserved. Not to mention the three sisters CP each other, but the CP pairings of their respective forces should also have some sweet moments, so let's take it slow and skip a few months at most.

172. That's totally true to her!

"... Is it proceeding as planned?"

"Okay, I understand."

In the dimly lit room, the twilight outside the window followed into the depths of the room.

The Grand Bishop's office, located on the top floor of the central Floating Island of Asgard, one of the nine main islands of the Asgard Schicksal Headquarters floating above the Mediterranean Sea, is so sparsely decorated that it seems disproportionate to the spaciousness of this suite-like room.

However, in contrast, each item is extremely luxurious, and the room's decor is also extremely elegant.

The wine glass swayed, and his lips looked as if they were stained with blood.

The face of the young, white-haired Saintess on the throne was hidden in the shadows of twilight.

She quietly raised the corners of her mouth.

"Then, let our war begin!"

"Cut!!!!"

The producer coughed and the head of the Propaganda Department shouted, and then... the indoor lighting was turned on, and the room suddenly became very bright.

As the light dispelled the darkness in the corner, the photographer, who had been hiding in the shadows, stood up.

Rita and Liv, dressed in Maid Dress, approached and offered towels and sports drinks.

The young Saintess Freya, sitting on the throne, sighed.

The desk and huge sofa that should have been in the center were moved aside to film this video.

At this moment, Schicksal's special advisor, first aide, and Grand Bishop's Aide all sat there quietly observing the filming process.

The footage shot at this time will be edited and used in his previous music videos.

That's right, she debuted as a singer.

A few months after Kiana left, as the New Year of 2008 approached, Freya, who was on vacation, was strolling around the commercial district when she suddenly decided to sing a song. A passing Valkyrie squad heard her, and that's how things got out of control.

The Minister of the Propaganda Department, who had initially thought the plan to have the Saintess sing and dance had failed, arrived like a shark smelling blood.

Faced with the prospect of huge profits, Freya had no choice but to agree to debut as the 'Songstress Saintess'.

Yes, she has the publicly recognized title of Schicksal Saintess, but behind her back she is also called the Saintess of Destruction of Nations, and now she has another title: Saintess of Songstress.

"Kiana, thank you so much..."

"Oh, really?"

Freya's expression was somewhat stiff.

"Kiana, thank you for your hard work."

Rita smiled and handed over the sports drink, which Freya took and drank in large gulps. This scene alone was filmed thirty times. Although she was not physically tired, she was mentally exhausted.

The reason Freya was filmed thirty times wasn't because she lacked acting skills, but because the head of the Propaganda Department said he wanted it all—different angles, different tones and expressions, all of which could sell, cough cough, all of which could be used to boost the Valkyrie's morale.

"Seriously, what kind of reinforcement material is this?"

Do Valkyrie enhance their combat power through music videos?

Shouldn't we be taking buff potions?

Even after the Propaganda Department staff left, Freya's special advisor, first chief of staff, and her Theresa showed no sign of leaving the corner.

Of course, Freya didn't intend to sit alone on the throne. She left the throne that had been specially moved there for filming the video and quickly walked to her desk—

"Thank you for your hard work, Your Acting Grand Bishop..."

At this moment, Welt, who was practically the only special advisor second only to the emperor, had a very complicated expression.

Looking back on how wary I was of the other person just a few months ago, I suddenly feel like I was being an idiot.

For this reason, he has been looked down upon by Tesla quite a bit in the past few months.

"Your Acting Grand Bishop, please take a look at this document first; it should be the content you are most concerned about."

"Oh? Let me see..."

Freya's eyebrows twitched slightly as she took the documents from her chief of staff, Tesla.

"The Far East has agreed?"

"Yes, Your Acting Grand Bishop, the Far Eastern Government has agreed to the relocation of the headquarters of Schicksal."

"So you've finally come to terms with the facts? Then I won't hold it against you."

Freya immediately flashed a gentle smile, like a compassionate Saintess, though of course, what she said was quite different.

Welt and Tesla both rolled their eyes.

They all secretly thought she was a Black-bellied Saintess.

The Far Eastern government is now being driven to the brink of despair by Freya and the Schicksal Headquarters.

If Freya's headquarters relocation is not agreed to, the Far East government will have to deal with all the Honkai Beast in the Far East region on its own.

It should be noted that currently, only a small number of Valkyrie are stationed in the Honkai battlefields around the world.

The reason is Freya's summons six months ago, which was due to her breakthrough progress in the Stigmata Project.

The artificial Stigmata created by Schicksal only simulates the operation of Stigmata to a certain extent. After being surgically implanted into the Valkyrie, they can greatly enhance their Honkai Energy resistance, but this also requires them to bear a great physical burden and will greatly shorten the Valkyrie's lifespan.

For most Valkyrie who hate the Honkai, exchanging their lifespan for the power to fight the Honkai is well worth it.

But Theresa didn't like this approach.

In her eyes, the Valkyrie of Schicksal are just consumables used on the Honkai battlefield.

But Freya saw it differently.

Even with Otto's instigation, the Valkyrie themselves yearn for the power to fight the Honkai.

They knew that becoming Valkyrie would result in injuries, shortened lifespans, and even possible death on the Honkai battlefield. Despite the almost no benefits, they resolutely became Valkyrie to fight against the Honkai.

The Valkyrie was not wrong, although many people had reservations about Otto's actions.

But as Otto said, if there were a solution to replace the Valkyrie, he could stop creating Valkyrie at any time.

Ultimately, in the fight against Honkai, the Valkyrie of Schicksal are far too outstanding.

However, artificial Stigmata are ultimately just imitations. Humanity's current technology is completely unable to analyze the internal structure of Stigmata, and can only make crude imitations by copying the original.

Therefore, only the ability to enhance Honkai Energy resistance was retained, while other abilities were greatly weakened.

Valkyrie equipped with artificial Stigmata are far inferior in combat power to survivors and Stigmata holders of the Second Eruption War.

Freya has developed a stable way to activate Stigmata, or rather, she has the ability to safely activate Stigmata, so she decides to recruit all Valkyrie for 'upgrade'.

In the Far East, where the Honkai incident was most severe, they were in dire straits after Freya transferred the Valkyrie away.

The Far Eastern government initially took a very tough stance, as if to say that if the Valkyrie dared to withdraw, they should never set foot on Far Eastern soil again. Then... half a month later, the Far Eastern government's army was directly defeated by the Honkai Beast, Freya then sent Valkyrie troops to help.

After helping the Far East government defeat the Honkai Beast Valkyrie squad was transferred away again.

This time, however, the Far Eastern government's attitude was much more conciliatory.

However, Freya forbids sending Valkyrie squad out of the region because of the serious flaws in the artificial Stigmata system of the previous generation of Valkyrie. She will not send out Valkyrie squad unless a region faces a major crisis.

In fact, at this time, Freya had already replaced the stigmata of some of the Valkyrie with new Stigmata.

The new Stigmata, or Freya's unique Type-B Stigmata, is a highly versatile Stigmata capable of manifesting Stigmata gene fragments within Valkyrie's body. Type Type-B Stigmata is a type of Stigmata that completes the Stigmata. This is because modern humans all carry varying degrees of Stigmata gene fragments within their bodies, and only when the gene fragments reach a certain level of completeness within an individual will that individual reveal the Stigmata.

With the highly versatile Type-B Stigmata, even incomplete Stigmata gene fragments can activate a portion of its power.

After replacing the Type-B Stigmata, the Valkyrie possesses the power to freely manipulate Honkai Energy, and her individual Honkai Energy resistance also reaches an extremely high level.

They all meet at least the current A-level standard.

The Valkyrie squad that Freya replaced first were naturally members of the Assault Team.

Freya would definitely consider her own people if there were good things.

Murata Himeko, in particular, had her lifespan significantly shortened due to her original artificial Stigmata. After replacing it with the Type-B Stigmata, her lifespan was somewhat restored. However, in order to restore her lifespan to normal, she is currently taking medication and resting every day.

Of course, this type of Valkyrie equipped with the Type-B Stigmata is also called Type-B Valkyrie.

Due to the high difficulty in manufacturing Type Type-B Valkyrie Type-B Stigmata, there are only about twenty members of the Assault Team currently available, but a new Type-B Valkyrie is still being added every week.

Most of the Valkyrie were forced to stay behind for physical examinations and treatment. Of course, on the surface, Freya stated that the Type-B Stigmata needed to be installed on a healthy body.

In reality, she forcibly retained over 90% of the Schicksal Mandate's combat power.

Even if the branch wanted to rebel against her now, they would have no power to resist, since Freya has always had a high reputation among the Valkyrie.

Now, Freya has created the Type-B Stigmata, and coupled with her concern for the Valkyrie, she has completely overshadowed Otto.

Then, those who actually know the truth are especially distressed.

They now deeply miss Otto's previous policy of "laissez-faire".

The Black-bellied Saintess ruthlessly stripped them of their authority, especially by using the Type-B Stigmata to control the Valkyrie. Of course, not every Valkyrie was willing to die for her cause.

Which Valkyrie would refuse the chance to become stronger, or even to survive?